diff --git a/varbackup b/varbackup
index 21fc452..df61aff 100755
--- a/varbackup
+++ b/varbackup
@@ -23,24 +23,25 @@ while getopts ":hs" option; do
 done
 
 # main program
-BASEDIR=$(dirname "$0")/../../..
-BACKUPDIR=$BASEDIR/backup/var/
+BASEDIR=$(readlink -f $(dirname "$0")/../../..)
+BACKUPDIR=${BASEDIR}/backup/var/
+CONFDIR=$BASEDIR/backup/
 
 if [ ! -d "$BACKUPDIR" ]; then
   [ -z ${isSilent} ] && echo "creating backup directory ${BACKUPDIR}"
   mkdir -p "${BACKUPDIR}" 
 fi
 
-if [ ! -f "${BACKUPDIR}../rotatemap_var.conf" ]; then
+if [ ! -f "${CONFDIR}rotatemap_var.conf" ]; then
   [ -z ${isSilent} ] && echo "creating config file"
-  printf "${BACKUPDIR}var.tar {\nrotate 100\ncompress\ndateext\ndateformat %s\n}" ".%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S" > ${BACKUPDIR}/../rotatemap_var.conf
+  printf "${BACKUPDIR}var.tar {\nrotate 100\ncompress\ndateext\ndateformat %s\n}" ".%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S" > ${CONFDIR}rotatemap_var.conf
 fi
 
 [ -z ${isSilent} ] && echo "pack var directory"
 tar --numeric-owner --absolute-names -cf ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar ${BASEDIR}/var;
 
 if [ ! -f "${BACKUPDIR}latest.tar" ] || [ "$(cmp ${BACKUPDIR}latest.tar ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar)" ]; then
-  cp ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar ${BACKUPDIR}latest.tar && mv ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar ${BACKUPDIR}var.tar && /usr/sbin/logrotate -fs ${BACKUPDIR}../rotatemap_var.state ${BACKUPDIR}../rotatemap_var.conf
+  cp ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar ${BACKUPDIR}latest.tar && mv ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar ${BACKUPDIR}var.tar && /usr/sbin/logrotate -fs ${CONFDIR}rotatemap_var.state ${CONFDIR}rotatemap_var.conf
 else
   rm ${BACKUPDIR}new.tar
 fi